THE WEEK IN CHESS 110                    16/12/96        Mark Crowther
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1)  Introduction
2)  International Tournament Las Palmas
3)  FIDE President Announces new World Championships
4)  Russian Cup 1996. Second Tournament.
5)  Chess in Disneyland.
6)  First Saturday Tournament in Budapest
7)  Chess in Edinburgh
8)  Turin Chess Festival
9)  2nd International Tournament in Loures
10) 2nd Gudmundur Arason International Chess Tournament 1996
11) 63rd National Championships Brazil
12) Exhibition Games.
    Shirov Simultaneous in Terrassa
    Two Polgar sisters visit Indonesia.
13) Forthcoming events:
    Groningen Chess Festival.
    I. RAINBOW CHESS INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
14) The Czech System - 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6!? - Part IX

GAMES SECTION

It, Las Palmas ESP 1996       18
Polgar Matches                 6
ch-BRA, Americana 1996        18
simul, Terrassa ESP 1996       6
II It, Loures POR 1996        30
FS IM Dec, Budapest HUN 1996   4
op, Turin ITA 1996            60

Disney Games

Disney Boys  1996             90
Disney Girls  1996            90

Russia Cup games

Russia Cup II, Moscow RUS 1996 270

1) Introduction

My thanks to Marco R. Martini, Daniel Edelman, Laszlo Nagy, Adam Raoof,
Gerald Schendal, Andras Adorjan, Luis Santos, Chia Chee Seng, Bobby Ang
and anyone else who helped out with information on this issue.

So many events and not enough time. I have quite a bit of material for
next weeks issue. The Las Palmas hasn't quite lived up to its billing
but it is heading for a tight finish and I pridict some good things from
the last four rounds. I'm not sure about the absolute accuracy of the
round 6 (tonight) games from Las Palmas, especially the end of the
Ivanchuk-Karpov game, it might be that Karpov capture the bishop and
Ivanchuk started to give perpetual. The correct version will appear on
my www page tomorrow.

As Christmas arrives chess activity takes off and this is reflected in
an issue with events Worldwide. Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) International Tournament Las Palmas

All to play for after 6 rounds of Las Palmas

The story of the 1996 Las Palmas Chess Tournament has yet to be written.
Only Veselin Topalov is out of the running for the first prize after six
of the ten rounds. At such a high level of chess caution is always the
watchword and the weakness of the event is its length, only 10 rounds,
this leaves little room for a carefree approach.

The players were all well rested before the event and this seems to have
lead to some rustiness which is only now being shed and the last four
rounds should be very good indeed. Here are some short impressions
before the round up next week.

Kasparov started with a win against Veselin Topalov. This was a
fluctuating game with Topalov playing a quiet opening which then
exploded with apparently equal chances. He however drifted into a poor
ending and Kasparov took full advantage. If he could have found chance
to break his back rank with h3 at some point he may still have survived.


Topalov took his poor form into the second round. His opponent Kramnik
missed a win in the ending (66. Bh6+) and he mananged to draw.

Anand beat Ivanchuk in round three with a very creative sacrifice of the
exchange. It was either inspired or crazy according to Anand.

Kasparov has been very solid in the event but is clearly short of his
best form. He missed an almost certain win straight out of the opening
with 20. g4 but still had a very good position. He could not win with
the exchange against minor piece and pawn.

Topalov appeared to be all over Ivanchuk but no-one has come up with a
convincing winning line for Topalov yet. Ivanchuk defended superbly and
around the first time control obtained a completely winning position. A
superbly contested game.

Ivanchuk again was the star in round 5 when he blew Kramnik away in a
beautiful attacking game. It completely overshadowed a turgid meeting
between Karpov and Kasparov, their first in nearly three years. Karpov
is apparently underprepared for the event and has not made an aggressive
move in the entire event.

Kramnik was woken up by his loss in round 5 to win a complex tactical
battle against Anand in round 6.

More updates and comments on my www page during the week.

Round 1 (1996.12.09)

Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir   1/2   20  B65  Sicilian
Karpov, Anatoly    - Ivanchuk, Vassily   1/2   61  E62  Kings indian
Topalov, Veselin   - Kasparov, Gary      0-1   59  E11  Bogo indian

Round 2 (1996.12.10)

Ivanchuk, Vassily  - Kasparov, Gary      1/2   23  B52  Sicilian
Karpov, Anatoly    - Anand, Viswanathan  1/2   44  E15  Nimzo indian
Kramnik, Vladimir  - Topalov, Veselin    1/2   80  E97  Kings indian; Main line

Round 3 (1996.12.11)

Kasparov, Gary     - Kramnik, Vladimir   1/2   19  E71  Kings indian
Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily   1-0   46  C78  Ruy Lopez
Topalov, Veselin   - Karpov, Anatoly     1/2   27  D27  QGA;

Round 4 (1996.12.12)

Kasparov, Gary     - Anand, Viswanathan  1/2   63  B92  Sicilian; Najdorf
Kramnik, Vladimir  - Karpov, Anatoly     1/2   21  A28  English; 1.c4 e5
Topalov, Veselin   - Ivanchuk, Vassily   0-1   41  B17  Caro-Kann

Round 5 (1996.12.15)

Ivanchuk, Vassily  - Kramnik, Vladimir   1-0   34  E81  Kings indian; Saemisch
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin    1/2   29  C78  Ruy Lopez
Karpov, Anatoly    - Kasparov, Gary      1/2   45  D43  Semi-Slav

Round 6 (1996.12.16)

Ivanchuk, Vassily  - Karpov, Anatoly     1/2   14  C10  French
Kasparov, Gary     - Topalov, Veselin    1/2   28  C45  Scottish
Kramnik, Vladimir  - Anand, Viswanathan  1-0   39  A30  English; 1.c4 c5


Las Palmas ESP (ESP), XII 1996.               cat. XXI (2757)
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1 Ivanchuk, Vassily   g UKR 2730 ** =. 0. == 1. 1.  3.5  2821
2 Kasparov, Gary      g RUS 2785 =. ** =. =. =. 1=  3.5  2807
3 Anand, Viswanathan  g IND 2735 1. =. ** =. =0 =.  3.0  2761
4 Karpov, Anatoly     g RUS 2775 == =. =. ** =. =.  3.0  2749
5 Kramnik, Vladimir   g RUS 2765 0. =. =1 =. ** =.  3.0  2751
6 Topalov, Veselin    g BUL 2750 0. 0= =. =. =. **  2.0  2637
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3) FIDE President Announces new World Championships

On Sunday at a Press Conference in Las Palmas FIDE President Kirsan
Iljumzhinov announced details of his World Championship Tournanament.
The event will be a knockout event with 100 players starting. Karpov and
Kasparov are invited to take up places in the semi-finals. Dates are
said to be 16 December - 10th January. The venue will be Elista Kalmykia
and the sponsor will be the Kalmykian Government (President K
Iljumzhinov.)

The Prizefund will be $5m. The winner takes $1.37 and the losing
finalist $768,000


4) Russian Cup 1996. Second Tournament.

The second event of the Russian Cup a Grand Prix event composed of a
series of opens (the last being in St. Petersburg) took place in Moscow
between November 28th and December 6th 1996. There were 168 players and
the games appeared on the net on the ChessAssistant site.
http://pc701-20.cs.msu.su/  The lower prizemoney reduced the level of
the event from the first one but still it attracted a strong field.
Alezei Federov won the first prize alone on 7.5 points from the nine
rounds.

Moscow RUS (RUS), XI-XII 1996.
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  1 Fedorov, Alexei             g BLR 2555    7.5     +1.92
  2 Malaniuk, Vladimir P        g UKR 2610    7.0     +0.88
  3 Chekhov, Valery A           g RUS 2535    7.0     +1.24
  4 Hachian, Melik              m ARM 2480    7.0     +1.78
  5 Sokolov, Andrei             g RUS 2585    6.5     -0.10
  6 Aleksandrov, Aleksej        m BLR 2550    6.5     +0.74
  7 Kiselev, Sergey             m RUS 2545    6.5     +0.56
  8 Kharitonov, Andrei Y        g RUS 2540    6.5     +0.30
  9 Balashov, Yuri S            g RUS 2530    6.5     +0.56
 10 Belikov, Vladimir           m RUS 2510    6.5     +0.56
 11 Vasiukov, Evgeni            g RUS 2505    6.5     +1.34
 12 Volzhin, Alexander          m RUS 2485    6.5     +1.01
 13 Volkov, Sergey                RUS 2485    6.5     +0.78
 14 Nikolenko, Oleg             m RUS 2480    6.5     +0.74
 15 Zaitsev, Igor A             g RUS 2435    6.5     +1.46
 16 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam        m UZB 2435    6.5     +2.00
 17 Sveshnikov, Evgeny          g RUS 2535    6.0     -0.12
 18 Notkin, Maksim              m RUS 2520    6.0     +0.06
 19 Burmakin, Vladimir          g RUS 2505    6.0     +0.51
 20 Gorelov, Sergey G           m RUS 2485    6.0     -0.03
 21 Mukhametov, Eldar           m RUS 2485    6.0     -0.21
 22 Najer, Evgeniy              m RUS 2480    6.0     +0.96
 23 Asrian, Karen                 ARM 2380    6.0     +2.28
 24 Rychagov, A                   RUS 2375    6.0     +2.28
 25 Dzhumaev, M                   UZB 2365    6.0     +1.00
 26 Kosyrev, Vladimir             RUS 2315    6.0     +1.14

168 players.

5) Chess in Disneyland.

Anatoly Karpov travelled to Disneyland in France to take part in the
Disney Rapid Chess Championships. He has been involved in this rapidplay
event since its inception in 1993. In the past he has played
simultaneous games against the winners of each section in the
competition. This year his involvement was more as the patron of the
event, the winners played four of France's Olympic Champions from
Atlanta who also have an interest in chess. They were Jean-Pierre Amat
(Bronze Medal in Sharpshooting), Florian Rousseau (Gold Medal in
Cycling), Guy Tisserant (Gold Medal in Table Tennis (wheelchair)) and
Alexandre Spicq (Sculling). Karpov tried to help the Olympians with some
advice but the juniors proved too strong.

The event has an entertaining site at: http://rapidchess.disney.com/

The event had four sections Under 12 and under 14 boys (actually an open
section with at least one strong female player) and Under 12 and Under
14 boys. Etienne Bacrot was the favourite in the under-14s section
having been a previous winner on two occasions and having beaten Karpov
in a simultaneous game last year. This year the top section was marked
by heavy scoring and his loss to Dain Grigutavicius in round 3 and draw
with Marcin Dziuba in round two put him under pressure. He still
competed right to the end but gambled on trying to win with the black
pieces in the last round against the eventual winner Chinese player Ni
Hua but lost.

The winners of the sections were:

 Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russia (Girls under 12)
 Eli Vovsha, Israel (Boys under 12)
 Regina Pokorna, Slovakia (Girls under 14)
 Hua Ni, China (Boys under 14)

Final standings

Under-14 boys

1. Hua Ni 		(China) 	Unrated 	7.5
2. Joan Fluvia 	        (Spain) 	2205 		7.0
3. Alexander Grischuk 	(Russia) 	2375 		6.5
4. Etienne Bacrot 	(France) 	2470 		6.5
5. Arnaud Rainfray 	(France) 	2135 		6
6. Marcin Dziuba 	(Poland) 	2085 		6
7. Albert Bokros 	(Hungary) 	2220 		6
... 39 players

Under-12 boys

1. Eli Vovsha 		(Israel) 	Unrated 	7
2. P Harikrishna 	(India) 	Unrated 	6.5
3. Kamil Milton 	(Poland) 	2220 		6.5
4. Vinay Bhat 		(USA) 		2225 		6.5
....44 players

Under-14 girls

1. Regina Pokorna 	(Slovakia) 	2195 		7.5
2. Irina Krush 		(USA) 		Unrated 	7.0
3. Cristina Calotescu 	(Romania) 	2095 		6.5
4. Lena Dembo 		(Israel) 	Unrated. 	6.5
..... 34 players

Under-12 girls

1. Alexandra Kosteniuk 	(Russia) 2295 		8
2. Ilze Berzina 	(Latvia) Unrated 		7
3. Sridhar Chitra 	(India) Unrated 		7
4. Gu Xiaobing 		(China) Unrated 		6.5
5. Elisabeth Pahtz 	(Germany) Unrated 		6.5
.....37 players

The juniors played 25 minutes per side per game and were required to
score the game until they were down to less than five minutes on the
clock.

6) First Saturday Tournament in Budapest

International Master Attila Czebe leads the December First Saturday IM
Tournament after nine of the eleven rounds. Rafael Rodriguez's chances
of getting an IM norm were severely dented after his loss in round 9
(see the games section). The event is organised by Laszlo Nagy who can
be contacted via E-Mail  <100263.1700@CompuServe.COM> and who now has a
www page
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/ Final
results should be available on my www page later in the week.

American player Daniel Edelman had a fascinating first round struggle,
he annotates it below, my thanks to him:

Edelman,D (2400) - Peredy,F (2305) [B01]
Budapest HUN (1), 02.10.1996

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Bd2!? With
the idea of delaying g4 7...c6 8.Bc4 e6 9.Qe2 Bb4 10.g4 Bg6 11.0-0-0
Nbd7 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.h4! Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Be4 15.g5 [15.Nxd7!? Kxd7!
(15...Qxd7 16.d5!+-) ]  15...Bxh1 16.Nxf7!?  [16.gxf6 Bd5 17.fxg7 Rg8
With the idea of 18. ... Nxe5, 19. ... O-O-O] 16...0-0! 17.Rxh1?
[17.gxf6! Rxf7 (17...Bd5? 18.Nh6+!) 18.Rxh1 Transposes to the game
;(18.Qxe6? Bd5 19.Bxd5 cxd5!+-) ] 17...Rxf7?  [17...Nd5!]  18.gxf6 Rxf6
19.Bxe6+ Kh8 20.d5 Rff8 21.h5 h6 22.Rg1 Nf6 23.Be5 Qe7 24.Qd3! cxd5
25.Qg6 With the idea of 26. Bd6! or 26. Bf5! +-  25...Rg8 only move
26.Bxf6 [26.Bxg8 Rxg8 27.f4!?]  26...Qxf6 27.Qxf6 gxf6 28.Rxg8+ Rxg8
29.Bxg8 Kxg8 30.Kd2 Kf7 31.Ke3 Ke6 32.Kf4  [32.Kd4!? b6 (32...Kf5??
33.Kxd5 Kg4 34.Ke6 Kxh5 35.Kf5!+-) ]  32...f5 33.Ke3 Ke5 34.f4+ Kd6
35.Kd4 b6!  This is a most interesting and instructive king and pawn
ending. Can white win or is it a draw?  36.c3?  [36.b3 Ke6 (36...b5
37.b4) 37.Kc3 (37.c4 dxc4 38.Kxc4 Kd6 see game) 37...Kd6 38.Kb4 Kc6
39.c4 (39.c3 b5) 39...Kd6 (39...dxc4 40.bxc4 Kd6 41.Kb5 Kc7 42.c5;
39...d4 40.Ka3 Kc5 41.Kb2 Kb4 42.Kc2 d3+ 43.Kxd3) 40.Kb5 (40.Kc3 dxc4
41.Kxc4 Kc6) 40...Ke6 (40...dxc4 41.bxc4 Kc7 42.c5; 40...d4 41.Kb4 Kc6
42.Ka3) 41.c5; 36.a4 Ke6! (36...a5?? 37.c3 Ke6 38.b3 Kd6 39.b4 Ke6
40.bxa5 bxa5 41.Kc5+-; 36...a6?? 37.b4 Ke6 38.a5 bxa5 39.bxa5 Kd6
40.c3+-) 37.a5 Kd6 (37...bxa5?? 38.Kc5 d4 39.b3 a6 40.Kc6+-) A) 38.b4
Ke6 (38...b5?? 39.a6) 39.axb6 axb6 40.c4 dxc4 41.Kxc4 Kd6 42.Kb5 Kc7
(42...Kd5?+- White is a tempo up on the game.) ; B) 38.axb6 axb6 39.b3
Ke6 (39...b5 40.b4+-) 40.Kc3 (40.c4 dxc4 41.Kxc4 Kd6 See gsme) 40...Kd6
41.Kb4 Kc6 42.c4 (42.c3 b5) 42...Kd6! (42...dxc4? 43.bxc4 Kd6 44.Kb5 Kc7
45.c5+-; 42...d4? 43.Ka3 Kc5 44.Kb2 Kb4 45.Kc2 d3+ 46.Kxd3 Kxb3
47.Kd4+-) 43.Kb5 (43.Kc3 dxc4 44.Kxc4 Kc6) 43...Ke6 (43...dxc4? 44.bxc4
Kc7 45.c5+-; 43...d4 44.Kb4 Kc6 45.Ka3+-) 44.Kxb6 d4 45.c5 d3 46.c6 d2
47.c7 d1Q 48.c8Q+; C) 38.b3?? 38...bxa5]  36...Ke6 37.Kd3 Kd6 38.Kd4 Ke6
39.a3 Kd6 40.a4 Ke6 41.a5 Kd6 42.axb6 axb6 43.b3 Ke6 44.c4 dxc4 45.Kxc4
Kd6 46.Kb5 Kd5! [46...Kc7?? 47.Ka6 Kc6 48.b4+-]  47.Kxb6 Ke4 48.b4 Kxf4
49.b5 Kg4  [49...Kg3? 50.Kc5 f4 51.b6 f3 52.b7 f2 53.b8Q+; 49...Ke5?
50.Kc6+-; 49...Kg5? 50.Kc5 f4 51.Kd4 Kg4 52.b6 f3 53.Ke3+-; 49...Ke4?
50.Kc5 f4 51.b6 f3 52.b7 f2 53.b8Q f1Q 54.Qe8+ Kf3 55.Qf7+ Ke2 56.Qxf1+
Kxf1 57.Kd4!! Ke2 58.Ke4!!+-; 49...Ke3!? 50.Kc5 f4 51.b6 f3 52.b7 f2
53.b8Q f1Q 54.Qe5+ Kd3 (54...Kd2? 55.Qb2+ Ke3 56.Qd4+ Kf3 57.Qf6++-)
55.Qd4+ Kc2]  50.Kc5 f4 51.Kd4 1/2

Budapest (HUN), X 1996.                                     cat. III (2316)
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 1 Czebe, Attila            m HUN 2345  * . 1 = . = = 1 1 1 1 1  7.5  2577
 2 Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael  f ESP 2410  . * 1 . 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1  6.0  2422
 3 Vukovic, Ivo             f CRO 2310  0 0 * 1 = . . 1 1 1 1 0  5.5  2398
 4 Novgorodskij, Vladimir     RUS 2365  = . 0 * 1 0 1 . 0 1 = 1  5.0  2344
 5 Sziebert, Adam           f HUN 2300  . 0 = 0 * 1 . 1 = = = 1  5.0  2360
 6 Fancsy, Imre             m HUN 2325  = 0 . 1 0 * = = 1 0 . 1  4.5  2321
 7 Jamrich, Gyorgy            HUN 2295  = 1 . 0 . = * 0 = 1 0 1  4.5  2321
 8 Peredy, Ferenc             HUN 2305  0 1 0 . 0 = 1 * . = 1 =  4.5  2319
 9 Horvath, Adam              HUN 2250  0 1 0 1 = 0 = . * 0 = .  3.5  2255
10 Edelman, Daniel          m USA 2400  0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = 1 * . .  3.0  2197
11 Kuklin, Alexander        f HUN 2270  0 0 0 = = . 1 0 = . * =  3.0  2186
12 Francsics, Endre           HUN 2220  0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = . . = *  2.0  2105
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7) Chess in Edinburgh

Adam Raoof is the organiser of two events in Edinburgh. The 14th-19th of
December will see the Rowson-Arkell 5000 pound challenge match. The
first game (a Rowson win) is in the games section and there will
probably be updates on my page during the week. The second event is the
1st Caledonian Masters a five day 10 player all play all. Again more
next week.

Commonwealth Championships

Mithrakanth of India won the Commonwealth Championships in Calcutta with
7.5/10 above Gokhale, Sriram, Praven Thipsay and McNab on 7.0. There was
an IM norm for 17 year old Vijaylaxmi who won the women's title. More
news if I get it.


8) Turin Chess Festival

Ex-World Champions Boris Spassky and Vassily Smyslov were the stars
appearing at the Turin Chess Festival. Spassky was there to give a
simultaneous exhibition and Smyslov played in the main open event. The
event ran from the 8th-15th December 1996.

There were numerous cultural events surrounding the tournaments
including Chess and the Cinema which showed : Black and White like Night
and Day; Entracte, by René Clair (France 1924); Chess fever, by V.
Pudovkin e N. Spikovsky (Urss 1925) [Capablanca and Lasker appear as
some scenes were filmed during the 1925 Moscow tournament]; A chess
game, by Luigi Maggi (Italy 1912); Innocent Moves, by Steven Zaillian
(Usa 1992); The King of Chess, by Teng Wenji (China 1988); Dangerous
Moves, by Richard Denbo (France/Switzerland 1985);The Seventh Seal, by
Ingmar Bergman (Sweden 1956); The chess players, by Satyajit Ray (India
1977); Chess and Music (about Philidor); Chess and Literature; Chess and
Art; Chess and Artificial Intelligence; Chess on Display (Chess Boards
and games in the City Centre);Chess in Turin's Historic Cafes; Chess and
Food etc

The main open section was won by Thomas Luther. It was a nine round open
event.

 1   LUTHER Thomas            GERGM  7.0   45.5
 2   GODENA Michele            TVGM  6.5   46.0
 3   NURKIC Sahbaz            BIHIM  6.0   46.0
 4   ARLANDI Ennio             MIIM  6.0   45.5
 5   MARCHAND Francois        FRA    6.0    5.0
 6   SMYSLOV Vassily          RUSGM  6.0   44.0
 7   LANZANI Mario             MIFM  6.0   39.0
 8   MIKHALEVSKI Victor       ISRGM  5.5   44.0  3.0
 9   SKEMBRIS Spyridon        GREGM  5.5   44.0  2.5
 10  FINKEL Alexander         ISRGM  5.5   42.0
 11  BERG Klaus               DENIM  5.5   41.5
 12  VUJOVIC Milorad          YUGIM  5.5   41.0
 13  WOHL Aleksandar H.       AUSIM  5.0   44.5
 14  MRDJA Milan              CROIM  5.0   43.5
 15  RACIOPPO Paolo            TO M  5.0   40.0
 16  RANIERI Fabrizio          TOCM  5.0   38.5
 17  CASTALDO Folco            TOCM  5.0   38.0  4.0
 18  BOLICO Exfelicos         PHI M  5.0   38.0  3.5
 19  CANTORE Alberto           ATCM  5.0   37.5
 20  SACCONA Silvano           TOCM  5.0   35.5
 21  SEDINA Elena             UKRWG  5.0   33.0
 22  CREA Vincenzo             MECM  4.5   40.0
 23  MOLA Pietro               FICM  4.5   39.0
 24  BIANCO Valerio            TO M  4.5   37.5
 25  SCOTTI Umberto            TOCM  4.5   36.0
 26  MOLLERO Michele           GECM  4.5   35.5  3.5
 27  FARAONI Enrico            TOCM  4.5   35.5  2.0
 28  RICCA Roberto             TOCM  4.5   32.5
 29  LAMPIC Teo                TOCM  4.5   32.0
 30  SARNO Spartaco            TOIM  4.0   42.5
 31  MORDIGLIA Riccardo        TOCM  4.0   39.5
 32  CLERICO Antonio          DEN    4.0   35.0
 33  CAVALLINI Gianfranco      MICM  4.0   28.0
 34  COSTANTINO Giampaolo      TOCM  3.5   39.0
 35  VISMARA Daniele           LC M  3.5   37.5  3.5     3
 36  ROSSI Giampiero           COCM  3.5   37.5  3.5     2
 37  DI-DONNA Massimo          TO M  3.5   34.0
 38  QUAGLIANA Giuseppe        TOCM  3.5   31.0
 39  MINERVA Enzo              NO1N  3.5   30.0
 40  STUART E. Leslie         ENG    3.0   32.5  2.0
 41  DUARTE Riccardo           PVCM  3.0   32.5  1.5
 42  FUGGETTA Leonardo         TOCM  3.0   30.5
 43  CANELLI Daniele           TOCM  2.5   31.0
 44  SACCHINI Michele          PECM  2.0   29.0
 45  LUPPI Sergio              MICM  2.0   27.5
 46  MALANO Francesco          TOCM  1.5   31.5

9) 2nd International Tournament in Loures

Luis Santos reports:

The Tournaments in Loures are the result of a ten year plan of chess
development in Loures (PDX plan). Loures is close to Lisbon and has
400,000 inhabitants. Since 1986 there has been a chess training
programme in schools, each year 3000 children have chess lessons and
2000 play in tournaments concluding in a finals section. Every year
around 400 become members of one of the 15 chess clubs in Loures (there
were no chess clubs in 1986) and two are in the first division of the
national league and one in the second. Most of the clubs have chess
trainers (there were 17 trainers in 1996). In 1993 a training academy
was started, most of the trainers were not from Loures, this is now
different with many of the trainers being between 20 and 24 from Loures
and the first products of the chess scheme. Some of the players are
trying to get international master norms and the events are called
MESTRE-JOVEM (young masters)

Wednesday 11 December saw the start of the 2nd Loures International a
category 2 event. There are some differences with the 1st Loures event.
This time, there are two under 18 players (Paulo Dias and Josi Andrade)
and altogether six good young Loures players (the others are Carlos P.
Santos, Alexandre Quadrio, Artur Gaspar and Paulo Pinho). Again the main
atraction is GM Kevin Spraggett who has lived in Portugal (he is married
to the Portuguese player Aida Ferreira) since 1987.

There is daily news on Luis Santos's site, he is the arbiter of the
event. http://www.ip.pt/~ip001018/

Chess in Portugal is covering the event in English:
http://www.costa-do-estoril.com/chessportugal/


Loures POR (POR), XII 1996.
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                                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Spraggett, Kevin            g CAN 2530  * . . . . 1 1 . = . 1 1  4.5  2576
 2 Frois, Antonio              m POR 2380  . * 1 = = . . 1 . 1 . .  4.0  2533
 3 Paramos Dominguez, Roberto  f ESP 2410  . 0 * . . = 1 . 1 . 1 .  3.5  2417
 4 Rocha, Sergio               f POR 2400  . = . * = 1 . . . = . 1  3.5  2407
 5 Santos, Carlos P            f POR 2340  . = . = * . 1 1 . = . .  3.5  2404
 6 Caselas, Jacobo               ESP 2350  0 . = 0 . * . . = . . 1  2.0  2192
 7 Dias, Paulo                   POR 2180  0 . 0 . 0 . * 1 . 1 . .  2.0  2247
 8 Pinho, Paulo                  POR 2135  . 0 . . 0 . 0 * 1 . 1 .  2.0  2194
 9 Ferreira, Nelson            m ANG 2200  = . 0 . . = . 0 * . . =  1.5  2163
10 Gaspar, Artur                 POR 2180  . 0 . = = . 0 . . * = .  1.5  2157
11 Quadrio, Alexandre            POR 2230  0 . 0 . . . . 0 . = * 1  1.5  1991
12 Andrade,J                         ----  0 . . 0 . 0 . . = . 0 *  0.5  1976
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10) 2nd Gudmundur Arason International Chess Tournament 1996

Hafnarfjordur Iceland is the venue of the 2nd Gudmundur Arason
International Chess Tournament 1996. The event will be held between
December 13th and the 21st 1996.

The event will be covered on Dadi Jonsson's excellent Chess in Iceland
page.  http://www.vks.is/skak/indexe.html the event is sponsored by
Gudmundur Arason and Smitfort Staal B/V.

After three rounds the standings are:

Hafnarfjordur ICE (ICE), XII 1996.
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                                           1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
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 1 Gislason, Gudmundur          ISL 2285  +28 +11 + 7  .   .   .   .   .   .   3.0
 2 Edvardsson, Kristjan         ISL 2200  +13 + 8 = 3  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2666
 3 Engqvist, Thomas           m SWE 2375  +26 +12 = 2  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2370
 4 Kristensen, Bjarke         m DEN 2420  + 9 =19 +15  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5
 5 Vidarsson, Jon G           f ISL 2360  +20 =15 +19  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.5  2335
 6 Bjarnason, Saevar          m ISL 2285  =17 +25 =10  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2518
 7 Blees, Albert              m NED 2415  +18 +16 - 1  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2358
 8 Carlier, Bruno             m NED 2380  +27 - 2 +20  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2192
 9 Einarsson, Bergsteinn        ISL 2175  - 4 +26 +23  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2345
10 Martin, Andrew D           m ENG 2425  =22 +17 = 6  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2267
11 Raetsky, Alexander         m RUS 2455  +21 - 1 +22  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2378
12 Thorfinnsson, Bragi          ISL 2155  +23 - 3 +25  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2415
13 Turner, Matthew            m ENG 2425  - 2 +30 +21  .   .   .   .   .   .   2.0  2308
14 Dunnington, Angus J        m ENG 2450  =25 =22 =16  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2240
15 Einarsson, Einar Kristinn    ISL 2100  +30 = 5 - 4  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2301
16 Karason, Askell O            ISL 2245  +24 - 7 =14  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2321
17 Kjartansson,David                ----  = 6 -10 +27  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2162
18 Leosson, Torfi               ISL 2170  - 7 =27 +30  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2270
19 Viglundsson,Bjorgvin             ----  +29 = 4 - 5  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.5  2281
20 Asgeirsson, Heimir           ISL 2185  - 5 +29 - 8  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2143
21 Gunnarsson, Arnar            ISL 2225  -11 +28 -13  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2201
22 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor       ISL 2250  =10 =14 -11  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2318
23 Halldorsson, Bragi           ISL 2270  -12 +24 - 9  .   .   .   .   .   .   1.0  2018
24 Berg, Susanne             wf SWE 2100  -16 -23 =29  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  1920
25 Jensson, Einar Hjalti        ISL 2225  =14 - 6 -12  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2023
26 Kristjansson,Stefan              ----  - 3 - 9 =28  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  1943
27 Olafsson,Thorvardur F            ----  - 8 =18 -17  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  2082
28 Ragnarsson, Johann           ISL 2100  - 1 -21 =26  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5
29 Thorfinnsson, Bjorn          ISL 2065  -19 -20 =24  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.5  1949
30 Burden, James                USA 2125  -15 -13 -18  .   .   .   .   .   .   0.0
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11) 63rd National Championships Brazil

The 63rd National Championships in Americana ended in a three way tie,
there will be a playoff in February. These players were a point and a
half clear of the rest of the field and were all undefeated and very
tough on the bottom players in the field.

Average Rating 2.376,26 for a Category V event. IM norm 7.0 points.
First Prized: R$ 8.000,00 (US$ 7.200,00)

Covered on the internet at http://200.246.231.65/fpx/pagina01.htm

Americana BRA (BRA), XI-XII 1996.                              cat. VI (2376)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Leitao, Rafael              m BRA 2475  * = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1  8.0  2541
 2 Vescovi, Giovanni           m BRA 2490  = * = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1  8.0  2540
 3 Lima, Darcy                 m BRA 2430  = = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 1  8.0  2545
 4 Souza, Ivan                   BRA 2285  = = = * = = 0 = 1 = 1 1  6.5  2449
 5 Van Riemsdijk, Herman C     m BRA 2425  = = = = * = 0 = = 1 1 1  6.5  2436
 6 Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo  f BRA 2345  0 0 = = = * 1 1 = = = 1  6.0  2414
 7 De Toledo, James Mann       m BRA 2400  0 0 = 1 1 0 * = = = = =  5.0  2337
 8 Matsuura, Everaldo          m BRA 2385  = = 0 = = 0 = * = 1 = 0  4.5  2310
 9 Toth, Christian Endre       m BRA 2380  0 = 0 0 = = = = * 0 = 1  4.0  2273
10 Caldeira, Adriano             BRA 2220  0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 1 * = 1  4.0  2288
11 Loureiro, Luiz                BRA 2365  = 0 0 0 0 = = = = = * =  3.5  2243
12 Gomes, Luiz A                 BRA 2310  0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 = *  2.0  2119
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12) Exhibition Games.

Shirov Simultaneous event in Terrassa..

Shirov played a simultaneous exhibition organised by the Xec-Epic Casino
del Comerc against a selection of the best players in Terrassa. The
games were shown on the internet and he conceded just one draw to
Joaquim Armengol. His opponents were:

Shirov, Alexei         - Pomes, Juan             1-0   36  D02  Queen's pawn
Shirov, Alexei         - Pablo Marin, Alejandro  1-0   35  B90  Sicilian; Najdorf
Ubach, Marcelo         - Shirov, Alexei          0-1   56  A21  English; 1.c4 e5
Shirov, Alexei         - Bordell Rosell, Roman   1-0   42  E44  Nimzo indian
Shirov, Alexei         - Gonzalez,Anton          1-0   44  D13  Slav defence
Shirov, Alexei         - Armengol,J              1/2   49  B30  Sicilian

Bordell Rosell, Roman ESP (2275), Pablo Marin, Alejandro f ESP (2370)
 Pomes, Juan m ESP (2420), Ubach, Marcelo  ESP (2300)

The event was covered on the internet at http://www.dracnet.es/escacs/

Two Polgar sisters visit Indonesia.

Judit and Sofia Polgar are visiting Indonesia and playing a series of
exhibition matches between December 12th and 18th 1996.

Judit Polgar and Utut Adianto are playing a series of 25 minute games,
the last two will be conducted blindfold. Sofia Polgar plays a number of
women players from Indonesia at a time-rate of one hour for all their
moves.

Venue:Tugu Pratama Building, Jl. Rasuna Said, Jakarta Games: Live on ICC
My thanks to Chia Chee Seng and Bobby Ang for all the details.

After three days play:

Polgar, Judit - Adianto, Utut  1/2   56  B18  Caro-Kann
Adianto, Utut - Polgar, Judit  0-1   37  A57  Benko gambit
Polgar, Judit - Adianto, Utut  0-1   54  B12  Caro-Kann


Jakarta INA (INA), XII 1996.
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                            1   2   3   4   5   6
-------------------------------------------------------------
Adianto, Utut  g INA 2605   =   0   1   .   .   .   1.5  2665
Polgar, Judit  g HUN 2665   =   1   0   .   .   .   1.5  2605
-------------------------------------------------------------

Polgar, Sofia - Ratna,M        0-1   41  C82  Ruy Lopez
Ratna,M       - Polgar, Sofia  0-1   50  B40  Sicilian


Jakarta INA (INA), XII 1996.
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                            1   2   3   4   5   6
-------------------------------------------------------------
Polgar, Sofia  m HUN 2480   0   1   .   .   .   .   1.0
Ratna,M              ----   1   0   .   .   .   .   1.0  2480
-------------------------------------------------------------

Polgar, Sofia        - Tamin, Upi Darmayana  1-0   39  B93  Sicilian; Najdorf


Jakarta INA (INA), XII 1996.
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                                   1   2   3   4   5   6
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Polgar, Sofia         m HUN 2480   .   .   1   .   .   .   1.0
Tamin, Upi Darmayana wm INA 2175   .   .   0   .   .   .   0.0
--------------------------------------------------------------------

Some details about the Indonesian Women players and the event:

1. Name         : Maria Lucia Ratna S.(WIM)
   Born         : Surabaya,14 January 1975 ( 21 years old)
   Rating Fide  : 2195

   Achievements :-Champion National Women C'ship Indonesia 1993 & 1995
                 -Champion Invitation Antarmaster piala Enerpac 1997
                 -Champion I - II World Championship Under-14 Aguadilla,Puerto Rico 1989
                 -Champion III World Championship Under-20 Buenos Aires 1993
                 -Champion I Asia Under-20 Brastagi,Sumatera Utara 1991
                 -Champion II Asia Under-20 Shah Alam, Malaysia 1992
                 -Indonesian Women team Olympiad Yerevan 1996

2. Name         : UPI DARMAYANA TAMIN (WIM)
   BORN         : Jakarta, 4 Februari 1970 ( 26 years old )
   Rating fide  : 2175

   Achievements :- Champion Asia Pasific Under-16 Australia 1970 (WFM)
                 - Champion I National Women C'ship Indonesia 1986
                 - Champion III Zone Jakarta 1987 (WIM)
                 - Champion I Asia Women Senior Championship 1996 India
                 - Indonesian Women Team Olympiad Yerevan 1996.

3. NAME         : LISA KARLINA AL LUMONGDONG (WIM)
   BORN         : Jakarta 23 Juli 1968 ( 28 years old)
   Ratinf fide  : 2125

   Achievements : - Champion II Nasional Indonesia 1990,1992,1993.
                  - Champion III Zone XII Malaysia (WIM) 1991
                  - Champion I National Women C'ship Indonesia 1994
                  - Indonesian Women Team Olympiad Yerevan 1996

Prizes Winners the Battle of Sexes

Adianto Utut vs judit Polgar

Winners    : US$ 10.000
2nd place  : US$  6.000

Sofia Polgar VS Maria Lucia,Upi D Tamin, Lisa Lumongdong

Winners     : US$ 2.500
2nd place    : US$ 1.500


13) Forthcoming events:

Groningen Chess Festival.

Next week sees the start of the Groningen Chess Festival. The games will
be available on-line and the event will bring together an exciting field
of players.

Nigel D. Short, Alexei Shirov, Ivan Sokolov, Boris Gelfand, Peter
Svidler, Viktor Korchnoi, Vladimir Akopian, Peter Leko, Alexander
Onischuk, Loek van Wely, Jan Timman and Julian Hodgson are invited.

The Open event will contain a number of excellent players including:
Miles, Epishin, Yermolinsky, Milos, Psakhis and Adorjan. The event will
no doubt be covered live on Dutch Teletext but the games will be
available quickly on the internet.

http://www.noord.bart.nl/~ssg/ is the source of the above information
and is the homepage of the Groningen Chess Club that organises the
event.

I. RAINBOW CHESS INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OF HUNGARY FIDE RATED OPEN
TOURNAMENT

Andras Adorjan

HEVES, HUNGARY, 24 February - 2 March 1997 is the venue of the 1st
Rainbow Chess International Championships.  Sponsored by ALTENA CLEANING
KFT, TOWN of HEVES

Prizefund:: 700 000 HUF (approx. DM 7 000) I. 100 000 II. 60 000 III. 40
000 Special prizes in 5 rating categories: I. 50 000 II. 25 000 III.15
000 each Plus 10 000 HUF each for: the best junior; the best lady; the
best senior; the most wins with black (dark...); the highest % with
black (dark...)

The event is a 7 round Swiss system Time rate: 2 hours/40 moves, plus 1
hour each to finish

Contact: TAMAS BODl, H-3360 HEVES, Fout 22.,
Fax: (36-36) 346-900
or ANDRAS ADORJAN, new address:
H-1053 Budapest, Kalvin ter 2.
Tel/fax: (36-1) 118-62-59

All FIDE rules will be in use but the difference will be in the chess
sets used!!

Something about Rainbow Chess by GM Andras Adorjan

The officers behind the ranks of 'traditional' Black and White pawns have
their own colours:

KINGS ARE RED, QUEENS ARE PURPLE, BISHOPS ARE BLUE,KNIGHTS ARE YELLOW,
and ROOKS ARE GREEN.

And, as the 'Black' pieces are the DARKER SHADES of the 'White' ones,
there can be no problem with telling them apart! You can easily get
accustomed to the 'orgy' of colours, which is really strange at first
sight.

According to inventor Pal Suvada (1912-1995), his idea, which was
patented in the USA more than 30 years ago, can have numerous advantages
(his hypotheses are based on the result of earlier research):

- the human eye perceives and stores colours much quicker than any form or
sign;

- therefore, quite a bit of precious thinking time can be saved for real
professional problems;

- as the 'private' colours of pieces are a useful addition to the ways of
identilication we have known so far, we can presume that the number of
blunders and grave errors would go down, too;

- it is especially beginners (mostly children) who learn much more easily
and eagerly with the help of colours;

- it would make our game far more popular, first of all by facilitating the
broadcasting of chess on TV;

- the appearance of the colours of the rainbow on the chessboard can also
increase the aesthetic pleasure of the spectators.

Unlike other reform attempts, Rainbow Chess does not change anything
apart from adding new colours: the startposition, the way the pieces
move, the size of the board and all the other archaic conventions of the
game remain the same!

The idea - like the Sleeping Beauty - awoke from its 30 years of sleep
on 22 July, 1994, when the world premier took place in Budapest,
Hungary, as a part of Bela Papp Memorial. lt was a rapid subject
toumament. It was a lot of fun, too...  So the ball started to roll...
Since that we've organized a large number of 'speedy' tournaments from
30' down to 5' each.

Only this year 5 events took place (so far), among them the First
Hungarian Speedy Rainbow Chess Ch. (20' each, 112 participants) and the
I.Rainbow Blitz Championship of Budapest (10' each, 34 participants,
including 8(!) GM-s led by Peter Leko, the youngest ever GM in chess
history and 9 IM-s, probably the strongest of all time competition of
this kind in Hungary).

I took part in all of these tournaments both as organizer and player. In
addition I've played 9 out of 11 games by using my Rainbow Chess set as
a demonstration board in the (traditional) Hungarian Championship in '95
January and many more in Team Ch. Matches in 95/96. My two years'
personal experience by analysing and playing with Rainbow Chess
completely confirms of Mr.Suvada's hypothesis.

14) The Czech System - 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6!? - Part IX
------------------------------------------------------------------
By Marco R. Martini (ITA) - Email: avvmartini@mailbox.icom.it
                          - WWW  : htpp://www.icom.it./user/scac

There are some additional theoretical lines in the THEO110.CBF section also.

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.g3 e5
   [4...Nbd7 5.Bg2 e5 6.Nge2 (6.f4!?)
     A) 6...Be7 7.0-0
        A1) 7...0-0 8.a4 (8.b3 Ne8 9.Bb2 Nc7 10.f4 f6 11.Qe1 exd4
         12.Nxd4 Nb6 13.a4 a5 14.Qf2 Na6 15.Rfe1 Qc7 16.Bf3 Bd7 17.Rad1
         Rae8 18.f5 +/-Jerez,J-Napolitano,M corr. 1956) Qc7 (8...a5
         9.h3 Re8 10.b3 Bf8 1/2-1/2 Trepp,M Vokac,M Praga 1987) 9.b3
         b6 10.Ba3 Re8 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Qd2 a6 13.Rad1 Bf8 14.dxe5 dxe5
         15.Bd6 Bxd6 16.Qxd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Nc5 18.Red1 a5 +=
         Kennaugh-Mah, Hastings 1995;
        A2) 7...Qc7 8.a4 b6 9.h3 h5 10.Be3 Ba6 11.f4 Bb7 12.Nc1 c5
         13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nd3 Rd8 15.Qe1 Bd6 16.Nd5 +/- Galdunts,S-Orlov,
         1989;
        A3) 7...b5;
     B) 6...b5
        B1) 7.d5 Bb7 8.0-0 Be7 9.h3 0-0 10.Kh2 Rc8 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Rc1
         Nb6 13.b3 b4 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Na4 Qa5 16.c4 bxc3 17.Nexc3 cxd5
         18.exd5 unclear Tomczak,R-Bush,K Germany 1990;
        B2) 7.a3 Bb7 8.0-0 a5 9.b3 (9.h3 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.dxc5 dxc5
         12.f3 c4 13.b3 cxb3 14.cxb3 Nc5 15.Be3 Nxa4 16.bxa4 Bd6 17.axb4
         axb4 18.Nc1 0-0 19.Nb3 Qe7 20.Rf2 Rfc8 21.Rd2 Ne8 22.a5 Rc3 1/
         2-1/2 Manca,F-Mokry,K Reggio Emilia 1991) b4 10.axb4 axb4
         11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.Na4 c5 13.d5 Be7 14.h3 h5 15.f4 h4 16.g4 Nh7
         17.Bb2 c4 18.c3 cxb3 19.Qxb3 Ba6 20.c4 0-0 21.Rc1 Rb8 =+
         Lagumina,G-Belotti,B Forl (op) 1991;
        B3) 7.0-0 Be7 8.a3 (8.h3 0-0 9.g4?! b4 10.Na4 d5 unclear)
           B31) 8...Bb7 9.h3 a5 (9...h5 10.Be3 a6 11.f4 0-0 12.Qd2 Re8
            13.Rad1 Qc7 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.d5 cxd5 16.exd5 Bc5 17.Kh2 Bxe3
            18.Qxe3 Qb6 19.Qg5 Rac8 20.g4 hxg4 21.Ng3 1/2-1/2
            Kalinichev,S-Oratowsky,M Germany 1994) 10.b3 0-0 11.Bb2 Re8
            12.Re1 Bf8 13.Qd2 exd4 14.Nxd4 b4 15.axb4 axb4 16.Na4 c5
            17.Nf5 Nxe4 18.Qf4 Ndf6 19.f3 Nc3 20.Nxc3 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 bxc3
            22.Bxc3» Gogichaishvili,G-Belikov,V Odessa 1991;
           B32) 8...0-0 9.h3 (9.b3 a5 10.Bb2 Ba6 11.Re1 Re8 12.Qd2 Bf8
            13.Na2 Bb7 14.Rad1 a4 15.Nac3 Qa5 16.b4 Qc7 17.Bc1 Nb6 18.h3
            Rad8 19.Qd3 Ba6 20.g4 c5 21.bxc5 dxc5 22.d5 Qc8 23.Qf3 b4
            24.Nb1 Nfd7 25.Ng3 Nc4 26.g5 Qb7 27.h4 b3 28.Qc3 Rb8 29.Be3
            Nxe3 30.Rxe3 c4 31.d6 g6 32.Bh3 Qc6 33.Qd2 Nb6 34.Nc3 bxc2
            35.Qxc2 Bxd6 36.Nge2 Bc5 37.Rf3 Bc8 38.Rf6 Qc7 39.Bxc8 Qxc8
            40.Ng3 Qh3 41.Rf3 Qxh4 42.Nxa4 Nxa4 43.Qxa4 Qxg5 44.Qxc4 Qe7
            45.Rd5 Rec8 46.Qd3 Bd4 47.Ne2 Qh4 48.Kg2 Rb2 49.Nxd4 Rc1
            50.Ne2 Rxe2 51.Rd8+ Kg7 52.Rxf7+ Kxf7 53.Qf3+ Qf4 54.Rd7+ Ke8
            0-1 Vilela,JL-Galego,L/Capablanca B Cienfuegos City CUB (5)
            1996)
              B321) 9...Bb7
                 B3211) 10.Be3 a5 (10...a6 11.Qd3 Qc7 12.Rfd1 Rfe8
                  13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Kh2 1/2-1/2 Podlesnik,B-Genov,P
                  Porabka, 1987) 11.g4 (11.Nb1 Re8 12.g4 exd4 13.Nxd4
                  Bf8 14.Nd2 Nc5 15.f3 d5 unclear Weideman,J-Huemmer,B
                  Germany 1988) Nb6 12.Ng3 Nc4 13.Bc1 Re8 14.b3 Nb6
                  15.Nf5 Bf8 += Link,U-Huemmer,B Germany 1988;
                 B3212) 10.g4 Re8 11.g5 Nh5 12.Bf3 g6 13.Bxh5 gxh5
                  14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Ng3 Bxg5 16.f4 Bh4 17.Nxh5 +/
                  -Muhutdinov,M-Rustemov,A Alushta (op) 1993;
              B322) 9...a5 10.g4 Ba6?! (10...Bb7 11.Ng3 b4 12.axb4
               axb4 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.Nce2 d5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.f4 Bc5+
               17.Kh1 Nc4 18.g5 Nxe4 unclear) 11.b4! (11.Ng3 b4
               12.Nce2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Re1 bxa3 15.bxa3 Bf6 16.Ne4
               Bxe2 17.Rxe2 exd4 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.g5 Qf5 20.Qxd4 Rae8
               21.Rxe8 Rxe8 =+Stisis,Y-Okhotnik,V Ajka 1992) Bb7
               12.Rb1¼ axb4 13.axb4 Ne8 (13...Nb6!? 14.Ng3 g6) 14.Ng3
               g6 15.Bh6 Ng7 16.Nce2 Nb6 17.f4 exf4 18.Nxf4 Bg5? (18...
               Nc4 19.Qc1 Bg5 20.Bxg5 Qxg5 21.Nd5!? Qxc1 22.Nf6+ Kh8
               23.Rbxc1 Ra3 24.c3 Rfa8¾ 25.Nd7!? Kg8 26.Nf6+=) 19.Bxg5
               Qxg5 20.e5! dxe5 (20...d5 21.Rb3 +/-) 21.Ne4 Qe7
               22.dxe5 Qxe5 (22...Rad8? 23.Nf6+ Kh8 24.Qe1 25.  Qh4+-)
               (22...Nc4? 23.Nf6+ Kh8 24.Qe1 Qxe5 25.Qh4 h5 26.Rbe1+-)
               23.Qd6!» (23.Nc5? Rad8) Qxd6 (23...Nc4 24.Qxe5 Nxe5
               25.Nf6+ Kh8 26.Rfe1 Nc4 27.Re7) 24.Nxd6 Ra7 25.Ra1 Rxa1 (
               25...Rfa8? 26.Rae1 Rd8 27.Nxf7! Kxf7 28.Ne6++-) 26.Rxa1
               Ba8 27.Ra6 Nc8! (27...Nd5? 28.Bxd5 cxd5 29.Nxb5+-)
               28.Nxb5 (28.Ne4!? Bb7 29.Ra1) Bb7 29.Ra5 cxb5 30.Bxb7
               Nd6 31.Bc6 Rb8 32.Ra7 Ne6 33.Nxe6 fxe6 34.Rd7? Nc4 35.Re7
               Ne3 36.c3 Nd1 37.Rxe6 Nxc3 38.Re3 Na4 39.Re5 Nc3 40.Rc5
               Ne2+ 41.Kf2 Nf4 42.Bxb5 Beliavsky,A-Mokry,K/Haifa 48/175
               1989 1/2-1/2]
   [4...Bg4 5.f3
     A) 5...Bh5 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.Nge2 e5 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qd2 Qa5 10.0-0 h6
      11.Kh1 0-0 12.Rad1 Qd8 13.g4 Bg6 14.Ng3 Nh7 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.gxf5
      Ndf6 17.Rg1 Kh8 18.Bf1 Ng8? 19.dxe5 Ng5 (19...dxe5 20.Qg2+-)
      20.Bxg5 Bxg5 21.f4 Bh4 22.Qg2+- Berg,J-Hoffman,S Germany 1989;
     B) 5...Bc8 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.g4 e5 8.Nge2 b5 - Line with 4.f3]
   [4...Qa5 5.Bg2 e5 6.Nge2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.h3 Nbd7 9.Be3 Re8 10.Qd2 Bf8
   11.Rad1 b5 12.a3 1/2-1/2 Weigel,R-Weiner,O Germany 1989]
   [4...Qb6 5.Bg2 e5 6.Nge2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.h3 Nbd7 9.Kh2 Re8 10.b3 Bf8
   11.Be3 Qa5 12.f4 exd4 13.Bxd4 Nc5 +=Prandstatter,E-Pekarek,A Varsavia
   1987]
   [4...Qc7 5.Bg2 e5 6.Nge2 Be7 7.a4 a5 8.h3 Na6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 Nb4
   11.g4 Re8 12.Ng3 b6 13.Qd2 Ba6 14.Rfe1 Nd7 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.Nf5 Bf8
   +=Mohr,S-Bishoff,K Dortmund 1989]
5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nge2 0-0
   [6...b5
   (bKe1,Qd1,Nc3,e2,Bc1,g2,Ra1,h1,Pa2,b2,c2,d4,e4,f2,g3,h2;
nKe8,Qd8,Nb8,f6,Bc8,e7,Ra8,h8,Pa7,b5,c6,d6,e5,f7,g7,h7)
   7.a3 a5 8.d5 Bb7 9.dxc6 Bxc6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.0-0 0-0 12.h3 b4 13.Nd5
   Nxd5 14.exd5 Bb5 +=Farkas,Gy-Alperovich,A Ajka (op) 1992]
7.0-0 Na6
   [7...b5 8.h3 b4 9.Nb1 Nbd7 10.c4 bxc3 11.Nbxc3 Ba6¼
   Totsky,L-Hlavnicka,J Pardubice (op) 1993]
   [7...Re8 8.h3 Nbd7 9.a4 Bf8 10.Be3 exd4 11.Qxd4 a5 12.Rad1 Ne5 13.Bf4
   Qc7 14.g4 Be6 15.Bg3 Nc4 16.b3 Na3 17.Qd2 +=Mathe,A-Okhotnik,V
   Cappelle (op) 1993]
8.h3 Re8 9.Be3 +=
   [9.b3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Bb2 Bf8 12.Re1 a5 13.a3 a4 14.Qd2 Qb6 15.b4
   Ncd7 16.Rad1 Ne5 =+Medeira,W-Correa,A San Paulo, 1991]
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